NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – In patients with moderate-to-severe chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, twice daily inhalation of either 200 or 400 mcg aclidinium bromide significantly improves FEV1, and…
More than 50 million people every year are injured in the United States. Significant improvements have been made in surviving severe injuries because of advancements in emergency medical…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – A meta-analysis of individual patient data found no differences in overall survival, progression-free survival, and objective response rate between cisplatin- and carboplatin-based chemotherapy…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – In looking back at more than 30,000 patients who had major open abdominal surgery over a five-year period, researchers found that those who…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Therapeutic oral anticoagulation with warfarin, without extra heparins, provides sufficient anticoagulation for patients on long-term warfarin who need primary percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI),…
The Doctor’s Channel co-founders, David Best, MD, MBA and Michael Banks, MD, appeared today on CNBC’s Power Lunch to discuss the novel features of the site. …
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – It’s safe and beneficial to start small volumes of milk feeds early, between 24 and 48 hours after birth, in babies who are…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Adjuvant tamoxifen after surgery and radiation reduces subsequent ipsilateral and contralateral breast cancers in women with estrogen-receptor (ER)-positive ductal carcinoma in situ (DCIS),…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Bisphosphonate therapy doesn’t slow progression of aortic stenosis, according to the largest study to date to assess the effect of bisphosphonates on valvular…
Think yoga is easy? Bal Rajagopalan, MD, FS points out that age, level of physical strength combined with complex Yoga poses can lead to serious injuries.
While there are certain benefits to practicing yoga, injuries do happen. Dr. Bal Rajagopalan, MD, FRCSC discusses the criteria for injuries that require the attention of an orthopedist.…
Bal Rajagopalan, MD, FRCSC discusses the efforts of The Iraq Star, a non-profit foundation dedicated to providing the reconstructive surgeries to assist war veterans recovering from physical and…
